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MINUTES

Estoril (POR)

11 – 16 April 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

COMPOSITION OF THE BUREAU I

HONORARY BUREAU MEMBERS II

HONORARY DELEGATES III

ATTENDENCE LIST IV

NFs PRESENT OR REPRESENTED V-IX

GUESTS X-XI

INTERNATIONAL PRESS XI

1. ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT 1

2. QUORUM 2

3. ELECTION OF SCRUTINEERS 2

4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 2006 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2

5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2

6. APPROVAL OF 2006 FEI ANNUAL REPORT 2

7. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2

7.1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TREASURER'S REPORT 2 7.2. APPROVAL OF 2006 ACCOUNTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORTS 2

8. DISCHARGE OF THE BUREAU FOR 2006 3

9. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL 3

10. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL CHARGES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 5

10.1. 2008 5

11. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 5

11.1. 2008 5

12. APPROVAL OF BUDGETS 5

12.1. 2007 5 12.2. 2008 5

13. MEMBERSHIP 7

13.1. APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS – CHANGE OF GROUPS 7 13.2. SUSPENSION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EXCLUSION 7 13.3. NOC CHANGES NOTIFICATION 7

14. APPROVAL OF RULES & REGULATIONS 8

14.1. FEI GENERAL REGULATIONS 22ND EDITION 8 14.2. INTERNAL REGULATONS OF THE BUREAU 8

14.3. MODIFICATIONS TO THE EQUINE ANTI-DOPING AND MEDICATION CONTROL RULES 9

15. ELECTIONS 9

15.1. BUREAU MEMBERS 9 15.2. CHAIR, AUDIT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE 9 15.3. CHAIR, FEI TRIBUNAL 9 15.4. GROUP CHAIRS 10 15.5. AUDIT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE 10 15.6. FEI TRIBUNAL 10 15.7. NOMINATION COMMITTEE 10 15.8. ATHLETES' COMMITTEE 11

16. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY BUREAU 11 U

16.1. DRESSAGE 11 16.2. JUMPING 11 16.3. EVENTING 11 16.4. DRIVING 11 16.5. ENDURANCE 11 16.6. REINING 11 16.7. VAULTING 12 16.8. PONY RIDERS 12 16.9. CHILDREN 12 16.10. VETERINARY 12

17. LEGAL MATTERS 12

17.1. ACCEPTANCE OF LEGAL & JUDICIAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2006 12

18. STRATEGIC MATTERS 13

18.1. GENERAL 13 18.2. IT STRATEGY 15 18.3. VOTING SYSTEM – DEMO 16 18.4. VIDEO CONFERENCING - DEMO 16

19. COMMERCIAL 16

19.1. COMMERCIAL 16

20. SPORT DEVELOPMENT 17

20.1. REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 17 20.2. 2006 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT 17

21. OLYMPIC GAMES 18

21.1. 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES – UPDATE 18 21.2. 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES - UPDATE 18

22. FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES 18

22.1. ALLTECH FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2010 18 22.2. FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2014 19

23. JUMPING 19

23.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 19 23.1.1. Proposals for Approval 19

23.2. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 19 23.3. CSI-5* INVITATION SYSTEM 19 23.4. FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING 19

23.4.1. Acceptance of Chair's Report 2006 19 23.4.2. Corrections/Modifications to Rules 20

23.5. SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE WITH FEI & FEI NATIONS CUP 20 23.5.1. Acceptance of Chair's Report 2006 20 23.5.2. Corrections/Modifications to Rules 20

24. DRESSAGE 20

24.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 20 24.2. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 20 24.3. FEI WORLD CUP™ DRESSAGE 20

24.3.1. Acceptance of Chair's Report 2006 20 24.3.2. Corrections/Modifications to Rules 20

25. EVENTING 21

25.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 21 25.2. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 21 25.3. FEI WORLD CUP™ EVENTING 26

25.3.1. Corrections/Modifications to Rules 26

26. DRIVING 26

26.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 26 26.2. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 27 26.3. FEI WORLD CUP™ DRIVING 27

26.3.1. Corrections/Modifications to Rules 27

27. ENDURANCE 27

27.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 27 27.2. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 27

28. VAULTING 27


29. PONY RIDERS 27


30. CHILDREN 28


31. REINING 28


32. PARA-EQUESTRIAN 28


33. VETERINARY MATTERS 28

33.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 28 33.2. MEDICATION CONTROL REPORT 30 33.3. APPROVAL LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES (EPL) 30 33.4. CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 30

33.4.1. Veterinary Regulations 30 33.5. VETERINARY RESEARCH - UPDATE 30 33.6. INFECTIOUS DISEASES - UPDATE 31

33.6.1. Equine Influenza 31 33.7. FEI POSITION ON CLONING 31

34. WELFARE OF THE HORSE 31

34.1. REPORT FROM ILPH REPRESENTATIVE 31

35. MEDICAL MATTERS – COMPETITORS 31

35.1. ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006 31

36. PUBLIC & MEDIA RELATIONS 31

36.1. REPORT ON PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM MAY 2006 – FEBRUARY 2007 31

37. ITEMS RAISED BY NF'S 32

37.1. CHAMPIONSHIPS COST PROPOSAL – GBR NF 32

38. CALENDAR 32

38.1. LONG TERM CALENDAR – PROPOSAL 32

39. FEI CHAMPIONSHIPS 32

39.1. CHAMPIONSHIPS – OFFICIALS 32 39.2. INFORMATION ON ALLOCATION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS 32

40. GENERAL ASSEMBLY 33

40.1. 2008 - DATES CHANGE 33 40.2. 2008 - INVITATION 33 40.3. 2009 33

41. MISCELLANEOUS 33

41.1. FEI CHALLENGE JUMPING FINAL 33

ANNEXES

ANNEX I Speech by the FEI President 34-39

ANNEX II Acting Treasurer's Report 2007 40-41

ANNEX III Legal/Judicial Committee Report 42-45

ANNEX IV Commercial & Communication 46-71

ANNEX V Jumping Committee Report 72-74

ANNEX VI Jumping – Items approved by 2007 General Assembly 75-80

ANNEX VII CSI Invitation System 81-82

ANNEX VIII FEI World Cup™ Jumping Report 83

ANNEX IX Samsung Super League with FEI & FEI Nations Cup Report 84

ANNEX X Dressage Committee Report 85

ANNEX XI FEI World Cup™ Dressage Report 86

ANNEX XII Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Dressage 87-90

ANNEX XIII Driving Committee Report 91-92

ANNEX XIV Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Driving 93-96

ANNEX XV FEI World Cup™ Driving Rules Modifications 97-107

ANNEX XVI Endurance Committee Report 108-110

ANNEX XVII Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Endurance 111-113

ANNEX XVIII Vaulting Committee Report 114

ANNEX XIX Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Vaulting 115-122

ANNEX XX Pony Riders Committee Report 123

ANNEX XXI Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Pony Riders 124-128

ANNEX XXII Children Committee Report 129

ANNEX XXIII Corrections/Modifications to the Rules for Children 130-136

ANNEX XXIV Reining Committee Report 137

ANNEX XXV Para-Equestrian Committee Report 138-139

ANNEX XXVI FEI Medical Committee Report 140-141

ANNEX XXVII Public Relations Report 142-144

ANNEX XXVIII Long Term Calendar 145

ANNEX XXIX Allocation of Championships 146

- I -

COMPOSITION OF THE BUREAU, as per 16 April 2007

H.R.H. Princess Haya BINT AL HUSSEIN President

Mr Sven HOLMBERG 1st Vice President (Jumping)

Mr Christopher John HODSON 2nd Vice President

Dr Douk-Kee AHN Member (Group VIII)

SHK Khalid BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA Member (Group VII)

Mr Cesare CROCE Member (Group I)

Mrs Diana Maria RAMOS DE DE LEON Member (Group V)

Dr Hanfried HARING Member (Group II)

Mr Ernst HOLTZ Member (Group IX)

Mrs Katharine E. JACKSON Member (Group IV)

Dr Pablo Tomas MAYORGA Member (Group VI)

Mr John MCEWEN Member (Veterinary)

Mr Richard NICOLL Member (Driving)

Mr Wayne ROYCROFT Member (Eventing)

Mrs Ruth M. CARLSON Acting Member (Endurance)

Mrs Mariette WITHAGES-DIELTJENS Member (Dressage)

Mr Sergey BUIKEVICH Member (Group III)

Mr Lee PEARSON Member (Athletes)

- II -

HONORARY BUREAU MEMBERS, as per 16 April 2007

HONORARY PRESIDENTS

H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Great Britain

H.R.H. The Princess Royal, GCVO Great Britain

H.R.H. The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón Spain

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS

Mr Pedro O. Mayorga Argentina

Count Dieter Landsberg Velen Germany

Prof Vittorio de Sanctis Italy

Dr Noel Vanososte Venezuela

Mr Tsunekazu Takeda Japan

Mr Freddy Serpieri Greece

Mr Leopoldo Palacios Jugo Venezuela

HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU

Mr Fritz O. Widmer Switzerland

Mr Jaap Rijks Netherlands

General Manuel Rodriguez Velis Chile

General Saad Khalifa Egypt

Mr Nicholas D. Williams Great Britain

Mr Wolfgang Niggli Switzerland

Mr William C. Steinkraus United States of America

Mr José Alvarez de Bohorques Spain

The Right Hon. The Lord Carew Ireland

Mr Loic-Jean Le Masne de Chermont France

HRH Prince Faisal ibn Abdullah Mohammed Al Saud Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr Eric Lette Sweden

Ms Jane Forbes Clark United States of America

Mr Jack D. Pemberton Canada

Mr Olaf Petersen Germany

Dr Hallvard Sommerseth Norway

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HONORARY DELEGATES

Lt. Col. Charles M. Adderley 1971 Great Britain

Abdelhaziz Barakat 2006 Morocco

Mr José Alvarez De Bohorques 1987 Spain

Mr Larbi Ben Asissa Kanabi 1990 Morocco

Mr Rashid Bin Ali Al Riyami 2001 Oman

Mr Yahia Bouabid 1986 Algeria

Mr William Brodnax 1993 Virgin Islands

Mr Sandor Butor 1981 Hungary

Mr Wladyslaw Byszewski 1992 Poland

The Right Hon. The Lord Carew 1994 Ireland

Gen. Carlos Delia 1994 Argentina

Mrs Anita Detry 1989 Guatemala

Mr Shozo Hara 1997 Japan

Dr Hanfried Haring 2001 Germany

Dr Bo Helander 1995 Sweden

Chester Hryniewicz 2006 Puerto Rico

Gen. Saad Khalifa 1981 Egypt

Count Dieter Landsberg-Velen 1995 Germany

Mr Dumitru Nedela 1984 Rumania

Mr Wolfgang Niggli 2000 Switzerland

Mr Frank O'Reilly 1978 Ireland

Mr Michael Petris 1999 Cyprus

Mr Kroum Rachkov 2007 Bulgaria

Mr Jaap Rijks 1986 Netherlands

Gen. Manuel Rodriguez Velis 2002 Chile

Mr Ulf Rosengren 1996 Sweden

Prof Vittorio de Sanctis 1994 Italy

Mr Jacques Schoufour 2007 Belgium

Mr Freddy Serpieri 2004 Greece

Mr William Steinkraus 1994 United States of America

Mr Tsunekazu Takeda 1998 Japan

Dr Noel Vanososte 1995 Venezuela

Mr Georges Wagner 1992 Luxemburg

Marek Zaleski 2006 Poland

- IV -

ATTENDANCE LIST

BUREAU

H.R.H. Princess Haya BINT AL HUSSEIN President

Mr Sven HOLMBERG 1st Vice President

Mr Christopher John HODSON 2nd Vice President

Mr Alain GUILLET Treasurer

Dr Douk-Kee AHN Member

SHK Khalid BIN ABDULLA AL KHALIFA Member

Mr Simon BROOKS-WARD Member

Mr Cesare CROCE Member

Mrs Diana Maria RAMOS DE DE LEON Member

Dr Hanfried HARING Member

Mr Ernst HOLTZ Member

Mrs Katharine E. JACKSON Member

Mr Ken LALO Chair, Judicial Committee

Dr Pablo Tomas MAYORGA Member

Mr John MCEWEN Member

Mr Richard NICOLL Member

Mr Wayne ROYCROFT Member

Dr Hallvard SOMMERSETH Member

Mrs Mariette WITHAGES-DIELTJENS Member

EXCUSED

Dr Alexander MACHKEVITCH Member

HONORARY BUREAU MEMBERS

Dr Noel VANOSOSTE

Mr Loïc-Jean LE MASNE DE CHERMONT

Mr Olaf PETERSEN

Mr Vittorio DE SANCTIS

Mr Dieter LANDSBERG VELEN

Mr Jaap RIJKS

Mr Manuel RODRIGUEZ VELIS

CHAIRS OF NON-BUREAU TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Mr Frank COSTANTINI Reining Committee

Mrs Yolanda MATALLANA TRIVINO Children Committee

Mrs Jonquil SOLT Para-Equestrian Committee

Mr Dietmar OTTO Acting Vaulting Committee

- V -

NF'S PRESENT OR REPRESENTED

ALGERIA Nadir Bouzenad

Fahima Sebiane

ARGENTINA Vanessa Kreth

Gerardo Werthein

ARMENIA Sazkis Bedikian

Kageh Giloyan

Norayr Stepanyan

AUSTRALIA Geoff Sinclair

Franz Venhaus

AUSTRIA Jessica Christoph

Elisabeth Max Theurer

BARBADOS Alison Elliot

BELARUS Gennadi Ketsko

Yulia Novitskaya

BELGIUM Jacky Buchmann

Ingmar De Vos

BERMUDA Michael Cherry

Paul Pereech

BOLIVIA Maria Luisa Doria Medina

Joaquin Guaman Andia

BOTSWANA Neil Fitt

BRAZIL Antonio Alegria Simoes

Marcello Artiaga De Castro

Mauricio Manfredi

Elizabeth Van Schelle

BULGARIA Teodora Kostova

Kroum Rachkov

CANADA Mike Gallagher

Al Patterson

Susan Stewart

CHILE Eduardo Cereceda

CHINA Cheng Qing

- VI -

CHINESE TAIPEI Henry H.J. Chiang

Jack Chi Feng Huang

Kevin Ko Wen Wang

COLOMBIA Maria Eugenia De Mendoza

COSTA RICA Alexandra Pino

Hannia Wolf

CZECH REPUBLIC Annamaria Kolarova

Jaroslav Pechacek

DENMARK Ulf Helgstrand

Britta Riis

ECUADOR Gisela Barreiro

Alvaro De Guzman P.

Gloria Vinueza De Cuesta

EL SALVADOR Carmen Barrera

ESTONIA Heiti Haal

Siim Nommoja

Riina Pill

FINLAND Tapani Peltonen

Fred Sundwall

FRANCE Dominique Faye

GEORGIA Sardar ABASZADE

Bakar GACHECHILADZE

GERMANY Breido Graf Zu Rantzau

GREAT BRITAIN Philip Billington

Will Connell

Andrew Finding

Hugh Thomas

GREECE Anastasios Delivorias

George Dendrinos

HAITI Acédius Saint-Louis

HONG KONG Soenke Lauterbach

Edwin Mcauley

HUNGARY Karoly Fugli

IRAN Rakhshan Radpour

Mohammad Reza Tabesh

- VII -

IRELAND Daniel Butler

Charles Powell

ISRAEL Anat Kirshner

ITALIA Marco Danese

Benedetta Pecini

JAMAICA Anthony Pasmore

JAPAN Satomi Asaeda

Jun Yoneyama

JORDAN Ghalia Nooreddin

Suha K. Eid

KAZAKHSTAN Sergey Buikevich

Elena Wilson

KENYA Margaret Gray

KOREA Il-Hong Kim

Won-Oh Park

KYRGYZSTAN Marek Kydyraliev

Sadyr Mamytov

Manas Sultanov

LATVIA Agris Blaus

Kristine Lisovska

Edgars Treibergs

LEBANON Dr Ghazi Yehia

LIBYA Ahmed Abdulghani Lamin

Sayeh Agela

LITHUANIA Marek Zaleski

MALAWI Mary K. Binks

MALAYSIA Lau Choo Seng

Shamsul Kamal Ismail

Yap Mou Soon

MALTA Ronald Gaerty

Wayne Pisani

MEXICO Silvia Celis Razo

Luis Razo

MONACO Diane Fissore-Wathelet

MOROCCO Abdelaziz Barakat

- VIII -

NETHERLANDS George De Jong

Martien Van Den Heuvel

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES Ruperto Torres

NEW ZEALAND Kevin Hansen

Jennifer Millar

NORWAY Kristin Kloster Aasen

Kjell Myhre

OMAN Mohammad Issa Al Fairuz

Samy Negm El Din

PARAGUAY Elodia Lia Bonifazi

Isabel Mateos

POLAND Marcin Szczypiorski

Michal Wroblewski

PORTUGAL D. Luiz Almada

Manuel Bandeira De Mello

Paulo Branco

PUERTO RICO Carmen Del Rio

Manuco Gandia

Chester B. Hryniewicz

QATAR Saak Taleeb

ROUMANIA Alexandra Iavorovski

RUSSIA Irina Maknami

Elena Morozova

Anatoly Oruzhev

Victoria Panurina

Gennady Seleznev

Ekaterina Shtatnova

Dmitry Titov

SAN MARINO Sergio Michellotti

SAUDI ARABIA Sami Bin Hamad Al Duhami

SENEGAL Abdou Aziz Mbaye

Papa Seck

Ibrahima Wade

SERBIA Dejan Dragojevic

SINGAPORE Melanie Chew

Ho Nai-Hue

- IX -

SLOVAKIA Robert Fekar

SLOVENIA Jurij Rudez

SOUTH AFRICA Anthony Lewis

SPAIN Venancio Garcia Ovies

Javier Revuelta Del Pern

SWAZILAND Kate Taman

SWEDEN Sven Tolling

Tomas Torgersen

SWITZERLAND Charles Barrelet

Evelyne Niklaus

Claude Nordmann

THAILAND Fuangvich Aniruth-Deva

TUNISIA Ahmed Younes Bedoui

TURKEY Xavier Repelin

TURKMENISTAN Yusup Annaklychev

UKRAINE Iryna Musiyenko

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Neil Abrahams

Hussain Al Hammadi

Ronnie Mac Mahon

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA John Long

John Nicholson

David O'Connor

James Wolf

UZBEKISTAN Anvar Mahkamovich Azamatov

Nodir Mansurovich Kottahodjaev

Shuhrat Shokamalovich Rasulov

VENEZUELA Aida Diaz

Alejandra Medina

VIRGIN ISLANDS Regine Fitzner

ZAMBIA David Gray

- X -

GUESTS

Agnes Allcock BOCOG Delegation

Alex Atock ILPH

Martin Atock BOCOG Delegation

Alan Balch MC

Eric Bassot Horseball

Ludger Beerbaum IJRC

Henry Bullen Peden, UK

Jean-Philippe Camboulives DEVELOP

Jasmine Chan BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Wei Chang BOCOG Delegation

Henry Cheung BOCOG Delegation

Miranda Chiu BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Philip Craven Guest HRH

Willem Droppers OIE

Timothy Fok BOCOG Delegation

Stephen Ganders Samsung

Arno Gego Aachen School

Christopher Hall ILPH

Robert Hinkle WEG2010

Allan Ho BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Jia Hou BOCOG Delegation

Jerry Ji BOCOG Delegation

Jack Kelly WEG2010

Catherine Keogh Alltech IRL

Jan Willem Körner IEOA

Gerald Kuh BOCOG - Equestrian Co

WK Lam BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Alastair Martin-Bird MBP TV

Cayetano Martinez De Irujo IJRC

Jean-François Modoux Electr. Voting

Giacomo Muccioli SAN PATRIGNANO

Gerry Mullins DEVELOP

Gilbert Ng BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Bengt Nylander CISM

Eleonora Ottaviani Moroni IJRC

Margrit Otto Crepin IDRC

John Ridley BOCOG Delegation

Christopher Riggs BOCOG Delegation

Frank Rothenberger Course Designer

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Jacques Schoufour President CSIO Organizers

Irene Sheung BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Peter Strijbosch DEVELOP

Gerrit Jan Swinkels IEOA

Don Treadway AQHA

Carles Vilarrubi Jumping Owners Club

Elaine Wai BOCOG - Equestrian Co

Dan Wall NRHA

Qiang Wang BOCOG Delegation

Stephan Wirth Course Designer

Julian Wright BOCOG Delegation

INTERNATIONAL PRESS

Alison Abrahams UAE NF

Claudia Alegria Revista Caras

José Manuel Baptista Mendonca Cavalo Revista

Margarida Ferreira Neves Equisport

Karen Giloyan Public TV of Armenia

Ramona Godmane NHS Est-Europe

Natalia Komissarova NHS

Filipa Leite Revista Equitacao

João Lima Revista Caras

Tatiana Molchanova NHS

Paata Natsvlishvili LELO

Tokiko Okubo Carrot Books Co, Ltd

Mikhail Smirnov NHS

Elena Zhukova NHS

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1. ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT

For the full speech please refer to Annex I. The text below is a summary of some of the points in the President's speech.

The President declared that by approving the FEI Statutes and Internal Regulations the modernisation process had become an endemic part of the FEI's consitution. They allowed a new framework for work practices for the FEI which would not only make the organisation more cost effective and efficient but would help ensure transparency and integrity within the sport movement. Thanks to NFs the FEI could now govern pro-actively.

The Statutes included the Nomination Committee which would help guarantee universality within FEI Standing Committees and make the process of populating the Committees transparent. The Statutes, furthermore, called for an Athletes' Committee, which ensured that the voices of athletes were heard in the decision making process.

The General Assembly was asked for their full support of the Commercial Division to permit the Division to provide to the NFs means to sustain their future. In order to accomplish this task the Commercial Division would need more freedom and more resources and evolve into a separate structure under the FEI's umbrella.

The President stated that Youth is the future of the sport. The FEI could not neglect the expectations of its future market. Youth of today wanted instant gratification and a rapid ascent to success. The FEI needed to act quickly to maintain the lifeblood of its sport. Furthermore, major commercial players which the FEI was keen on drawing were particulary interested in attracting youth. Youth equalled Brand Sovereignty. The President proposed making 2009 the Year of Youth.

The FEI would continue to foster its relationship with the IOC and looked forward to the upcoming Olympic Games in 2008 and the 2012 Games to be held in London.

The FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen had been an incredible success from every point of view, setting new standards for future Organisers. Kentucky, the horse capital of the world, would undeniably rise to the challenge.

The President informed that the FEI was working on a proper Development Plan accompanied by a business plan. These would assist in providing NFs with tools to help themselves. Cash, however, would not be distributed to NFs for local strategies.

Another extremely important development within the FEI was the IT strategy. IT would retain the fine traditions of the sports whilst ensuring its viability in a modern sporting environment.



7.1.

7.2.

The FEI President thanked her colleagues, the NFs and the FEI Staff for their support during her first year in tenure. She futhered thanked the POR NF and the Estoril Board Tourism for providing the FEI with a unique setting for the Assembly.

2. QUORUM

The Quorum was reached with 84 NFs present and 13 proxies.

3. ELECTION OF SCRUTINEERS

The General Assembly (GA) elected Mr Ingmar De Vos (BEL), Mr Andrew Finding (GBR) and Mr Neil Fitt (BOT) as Scrutineers for the General Assembly.

4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 2006 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, KUALA LUMPUR (MAS)

The Minutes of the 2006 General Assembly Kuala Lumpur (MAS) were approved.

5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

The GA was informed that the Assembly was being recorded and could be viewed live on the FEI website. The GA was further informed of the changes to the order of items on the agenda. These changes were mainly due to the scheduled video conferencing demo and departure of staff members to the FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, NV (USA).

The agenda was approved.

6. APPROVAL OF 2006 FEI ANNUAL REPORT

The 2006 FEI Annual Report was unanimously approved.

7. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TREASURER'S REPORT

Refer to Annex II

The Executive Director of Finance (EDF) referred to the Treasurer’s Report for acknowledgement by the General Assembly. No specific points from the report were highlighted. No comments were raised.

APPROVAL OF 2006 ACCOUNTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORTS

The EDF started by explaining the new presentation of FEI’s financials which was changed with the objective of increasing transparency. The revenues are regrouped into categories (commercial, levies and event revenues) in order to better highlight the strategically significant trends in FEI’s financials. The EDF explained that the next step would be to present self-financing and revenue generating activities separately from more administrative or sport



development expenses. She added that the FEI would continue in the trend of increasing transparency in the presentation of its accounts.

The EDF made a presentation of the 2006 actual revenues and expenses and highlighted the main events of 2006, stating that the net result before extraordinary expenses was CHF 477,000. However, due the President’s fundraising in 2006, the FEI had an extraordinary income of CHF 6,150,000, which resulted in net revenues in 2006 of CHF 6,627,000. The EDF particularly emphasized the significant increase in financial terms of the “Commercial / Marketing” revenues of 30% compared to the previous year. As a result, these revenues weighed 35% of the total revenues for 2006. In parallel, the related expenses also increased by 16%.

The EDF then showed the breakdown of all the different sources of revenues with “Commercial / Marketing” revenues representing 35%, “Event revenues” 21% and “Olympic” revenues 14%. She also presented a chart on the details behind “Commercial” revenues which include TV rights income, Sponsorship revenues and Commercial rights income, all of which presented a significant increase as compared to last year (+179%, +21% and +27% respectively).

The EDF outlined the highlights of the Auditors report and the Balance sheet for 2006. Due to extraordinary funds received in 2006, Operating funds stood at CHF 15.3 Million, up from 2005 (CHF 8.8M). She added that the FEI liquidity position was solid with cash, short-term deposits and equities investment amounting to CHF 15.8M. Accounts receivables had increased to CHF 765,000 as compared to last year, but had recently improved after reminders were sent to NFs. No other special points were reported by the Auditors in their report.

The General Assembly approved the financial accounts for the year 2006 and the Auditors’ Report thereon as presented.

8. DISCHARGE OF THE BUREAU FOR 2006

The General Assembly discharged the Bureau for 2006.

9. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL

The Secretary General (SG) thanked the NFs for their support during his first year in office and the staff for their hard work. In his report the SG reviewed the 2006 highlights, explained the changes within the Headquarters in Lausanne and outlined the way forward for 2007 and onwards.

2006 had been a momentous year for the FEI, not only had HRH Princess Haya Al Bint Hussein been elected as FEI President, there had been a change in attitude. In 2006, the FEI had begun to reap the rewards from its commercialisation strategy with partners such as Samsung, Rolex and Alltech. The latter had signed up as title sponsor for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010. In 2006, the FEI begun working on its computer game to be launched by Atari. A licensing program had also been started.



The SG reviewed the fantastic success of the FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen and highlighted some interesting yet lesser known facts. The biggest numbers were not in the traditional disciplines but in the smaller ones.

The Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy had also been developed in 2006 and with the help of NFs, the FEI had finalised the new Statutes and FEI Internal Regulations.

To strengthen its management structure, the FEI HQ now included two new staff members.

Mr Harald Muller, had been appointed Executive Director for Sports and Development. Mr Muller, who previously worked at the IAAF was very experienced in development and sports in general. Mr Muller, although not from the horse world had all the expertise necessary to help sports department with their administration and organisation and help make the FEI a more streamlined organisation. The sport expertise was the responsibility of the discipline Directors. Mr Muller's expertise in development would further strengthen the FEI Development department and help carry out the President's Manifesto.

With the increasing flow of money from commercialiation, the FEI was in the need of strong financial management. The FEI had appointed Ms Neerja Tannan as Executive Director of Finances and Human Resources. Ms Tannan was very experienced having worked at L'Oreal for many years at a senior level.

In order to further motivate the Staff, core values had been established. These had been summed into one word: ESPRIT, which stood for Excellence, Spirit of initiative, Passion, Integrity, Responsibility and Teamwork. The FEI HQ had also been working on meaningful appraisals.

Based on the new Internal Regulations, job descriptions would be produced for volunteers which would help clarify the separation of roles between volunteers and Staff; leading to more responsibility and accountability.

With the IT strategy and the webportal in view, NFs would soon be able to take advantage of functionalities which would make their lives easier and make equestrian sport on the whole much more attractive.

The SG confirmed that whilst the FEI would continue to work on commercialisation, the aim was not to harbour money in a Swiss bank account but to reinject it into the sport.

The FEI was striving to continue to add value and to minimize the need for taxation with more efficient processes and reduce the costs for NFs. The SG asked for the NFs help to move forward.



10.1.

11.1.

12.1.

12.2.

10. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL CHARGES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

2008

The SG referred to the financial charges for the year 2008, with no changes compared to 2007.

The General Assembly confirmed and approved the financial charges for the year 2008 as presented.

11. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

2008

The General Assembly approved the Annual Subscriptions for the year 2008 as presented, unchanged from 2007.

12. APPROVAL OF BUDGETS

2007 (REVISED)

The EDF presented an overview of the 2007 forecast. She mentioned that the 2007 budget was totally reviewed in light of the latest changes. The main changes in the 2007 Operating forecast included a significant increase of CHF 1.7 Million in the “Commercial / Marketing” revenues as compared to the last budget presented at the Kuala Lumpur General Assembly (title sponsorship Rolex for the final 2007 at Las Vegas was added as was the WEG commercial rights 2010 portion). Event revenues were predicted to decrease as compared to the initial budget estimate. On the expenses side, the “Commercial / Marketing” expenses were due to increase, as more sponsorship money was being reinvested into the sport.

The Operating Forecast reported an excess of Revenues over Expenditures of CHF 12,000. A query was made by Eleonora Ottoviani about sponsorship funds received by organizers, which the EDF clarified. Ms Ottoviani congratulated the FEI for the increased transparency it had showed in its financials presentation at the General Assembly. No other comments were raised.

The General Assembly approved the 2007 forecast.

2008

The EDF presented the 2008 Operating budget. She highlighted again the significant expected increase in “Commercial / Marketing” revenues, due to increase by 43% as compared to the 2007 forecast. She mentioned that the Commercial department expected to add about two new sponsorship partners in 2008. Olympic revenues were also expected to increase by 19%, as per the IOC figures. The related “Commercial / Marketing” expenses were also due to increase (+51%) as a stronger proportion of the sponsorship funds were expected to be put back into the sport.



The Operating Forecast for the 2008 budget reported an excess of Revenues over Expenditures of CHF 15,000.

The EDF provided specific information on the distribution of sponsorship funds from 2006 to 2008. She highlighted that the proportion of the sponsorship revenues distributed out was increasing each year: from 58% in 2006, expected to grow to about 70% in 2008.

In order to separate the costs of the IT project in a distinct way from the Operating Budget, the ongoing extra costs related to the new IT project had not been presented earlier. It was expected that this extra cost amounted to CHF 340,000 in 2008. This would bring the Operating forecast for the 2008 budget to a net loss of CHF 325,000 when netted against the initial Operating forecast of CHF 15,000 presented initially.

In order to give a full picture of the 2008 budget, the EDF presented an overview of all the funds that existed beyond the Operating budget:

- the “Friends of the FEI” fund resulting from the President’s fundraising. The use of this fund will be determined for special projects related to the FEI’s strategy initiatives (such as the IT project) in the next couple of years. This would mean that the FEI would be in a phase of investment, with corresponding outflows. She added that it had been decided in 2006 that 20% of these funds should be earmarked for development as per the President’s manifesto. A breakdown of the fund was shown, with an expected investment of CHF 3.1 Million for the IT project to be financed from this fund.

- the “Development” fund was also shown in detail. In 2006, there was an increase of about CHF 50,000 in the use of these funds, with the balance standing at CHF 648,642 at the end of 2006

- a “Contingency” fund: which needed to be constituted for ad hoc projects. The aim was to constitute it in 2007.

The General assembly approved the 2008 budget with an excess of Expenses over Revenues of CHF 325,000.

In conclusion, the EDF added that the FEI would increasingly work towards more transparency in its financial statements. Furthermore, this new presentation of accounts showed that the FEI was moving away from being a tax based federation to a sponsorship-funded one. She reminded that as shown in the presentation, the proportion of sponsorship funds reinvested in the sport was increasing each year. Internally, the processes and the policies were being looked at with the aim of improving internal control. In the Human Resources area, the FEI was in the process of finalizing job descriptions and staff appraisals and skills improvement initiatives would be undertaken in the next months.



13.1.

13.2.

13. MEMBERSHIP

APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS – CHANGE OF GROUPS

The General Assembly approved the affiliation as full member of the NF of Albania (ALB) in Group I, Cambodia (CAM) in Group VIII and Yemen (YEM) in Group VII. All NFs belonging to Level 6 annual subscriptions: CHF 250.

SUSPENSION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EXCLUSION

According to Article 8 of the Statutes the following National Federations have not paid their Annual Membership Subscription and are therefore suspended:

- Libya

- Brunei

- Cayman Islands

- Cuba

- Iceland

- Kuwait

- Moldavia

- Mongolia

- Pakistan

- Sudan

- Andorra

Headquarters note: As of May 15th 2007, the following National Federations had been reinstated:

- Pakistan

- Kuwait

- Andorra

- Libya

- Mongolia

The following National Federations are excluded due to unpaid annual subscriptions:

- Suriname 2005 & 2006 unpaid

- Lesotho 2005 & 2006 unpaid

- Grenada 2004, 2005 & 2006 unpaid

13.3. NOC CHANGES NOTIFICATION

The General Assembly did not approve the request of Armenia (Group III) to move to Group I and of Iran (Group III) to move to Group VII.



14.1.

14.2.

14. APPROVAL OF RULES & REGULATIONS

FEI GENERAL REGULATIONS 22ND EDITION

The General Counsel mentioned that there was no comprehensive review of the GRs this year, given the full review of the Statutes and new Internal Regulations of the Bureau. Most of the changes in the GRs were therefore due to the changes in the other documents. There had been a few proposed changes in recent days due to some additional debate in the Group meetings about a few issues. These changes were:

- Art. 107.5 : « or any other appropriate logo » was removed.

- Art. 125.4.3: Responsibility of Chefs d’Equipe for damages caused by minors was removed.

- Art. 105.3 was clarified as follows: "…However, a CN which allows more than fifteen (15) foreign competitors or more than four (4) different NFs to take part, is considered to be a CI with the following implications:

(i) organising fees are due for a CI of the relevant discipline and category in accordance with the Sport Rules;

(ii) results of CNs considered as CIs under the provisions of this article do not count for any qualification or ranking purposes, unless the FEI has given its prior approval."

- Art. 123.5 was modified as follows: "Proof of legal citizenship or nationality is necessary to compete for the respective country. In addition, the following conditions apply prior to participation in FEI Championships, FEI World Cup™ Series, FEI Super League Series, and FEI Nations Cup Series:

(i) the Competitor must have had legal residence in his new country for (a) a minimum of two uninterrupted years in the new country immediately prior to the competition or (b) a total of five years of non-consecutive periods;

(ii) in the event of a first change of nationality, a competitor shall not have taken part in competitions for his previous NF in the two years prior to the first competition he wishes to compete in under his new nationality/citizenship."

The GRs were unanimously approved by the General Assembly.

INTERNAL REGULATONS OF THE BUREAU

The General Assembly was asked to approve the Internal Regulations.

Mr. Paulo Branco (POR) asked for a vote on individual articles of the Internal Regulations stating, for example, that some NFs had doubts about the Nomination Committee.



14.3.

15.1.

15.2.

15.3.

The FEI Secretary General informed the General Assembly that the approval of the Internal Regulations had to be for the whole document and not on each individual article, as a thorough consultation process with all NFs had been conducted, the conclusions of which were embodied in the document. Its integrity and underlying rationale would therefore be affected by a piecemeal approach to acceptance at this stage.

The FEI President asked Mr Paulo Branco if he wanted to add something. Mr Paulo Branco wanted to mention that almost everything was accepted, except 2 issues (Nomination Committee and Strategic Adviser) and that NFs should vote on these 2 issues.

Ken Lalo, Chair of the FEI Tribunal, explained that a consultation period had been offered to all NFs, that each Group and specific NFs had raised their points, and that many drafts had been sent. He added that the documents submitted to the General Assembly were not static and that they would undoubtedly change in the future -- however in order to positively move forward the documents needed to be accepted as they were presented at that point in time. Future comments made on the documents would be addressed and could also be addressed through the Chair of the respective Group.

The Internal Regulations were approved by a simple majority. There was 1 vote against approval of the Internal Regulations and 2 abstentions.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE EQUINE ANTI-DOPING AND MEDICATION

CONTROL RULES

The modifications to the Equine Anti-Doping and Medication Control Rules were approved.

15. ELECTIONS

BUREAU MEMBERS

Mr Richard Nicoll (USA) was elected Chair of the Driving Committee (2007-2011).

Ms Ruth Carlson (CAN) was elected Acting Chair of the Endurance Committee (2007-2008).

CHAIR, AUDIT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

Two candidates were presented, i.e. Mr Philip G. Billington (GBR) and Mr Alain Guillet (SUI). Mr Alain Guillet (SUI) was elected for a four-year term (2007-2011) with 58 votes.

CHAIR, FEI TRIBUNAL

Two candidates were presented, i.e. Mr Ken Lalo (ISR) and Mr Andrea Paulgross (ITA). Mr Ken Lalo (ISR) was re-elected for a four-year term (2007-2011) with 59 votes.



15.4.

15.5.

15.6.

15.7.

GROUP CHAIRS

Four candidates (Mr Bakar Gachechiladze (GEO), Mr Sergey Buikevich (KAZ), Dr Anatoly Oroujev (RUS), and Ms Irina Musiyenko (UKR)) were presented. Each candidate had the opportunity to make a brief presentation to the General Assembly before the election. Mr Sergey Buikevich (KAZ) was elected for the term 2007-2011 with 54 votes in the second ballot.

Sheikh Khaled Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa (BRN) had been nominated as Chair of Group VII by a two-thirds majority of his Group for the term 2007-2011 and this was approved by the General Assembly.

AUDIT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

Mr Philip G. Billington (GBR) was elected for the term 2007-2011.

FEI TRIBUNAL

Seven candidates (Dr Hernán Mendez Cañas (ARG), Mr Pierre Ketterer (FRA), Mr Philip O’Connor (IRL), Mr Abraham De Feijter (NED), Mr Erik Elstad (NOR), Mr Richard A. Coupe (NZL), and Mr Arthur W. Priesz Jr. (USA)) were presented for four open positions.

Mr Pierre Ketterer (FRA), Dr Hernán Mendez Cañas (ARG), Mr Philip O'Connor (IRL), and Mr Erik Elstad (NOR) were elected for a four-year term (2007-2011).

NOMINATION COMMITTEE

The following persons were elected for the Nomination Committee:

Group I: Mr Jacky Buchmann (BEL) for the term 2007-2009.

Group II: Mr Martien van den Heuvel (NED) for the term 2007-2011.

Group III: Mr Rakshan Radpour (IRI) for the term 2007-2009.

Group IV: Mr John Long (USA) for the term 2007-2011.

Group V: Ms Maribel Alonso de Quinzaños (MEX) for the term 2007-2009.

Group VI: Mr Alejandro Amaya (ARG) for the term 2007-2011.

Group VII: Mr De Ghazi Yehya (LIB) for the term 2007-2009.

Group VIII: Mr Il-Hong Kim (KOR) for the term 2007-2011.

Group IX: Mr Neil Fitt (BOT) for the term 2007-2009.



15.8.

16.1.

16.2.

16.3.

16.4.

16.5.

16.6.

ATHLETES' COMMITTEE

The following persons were elected for the Athletes' Committee for the term 2007-2010:

Dressage: Ms Isabel Werth (GER)

Jumping: Mr Cayetano Martinez de Irujo (ESP)

Eventing: Mr Andrew Hoy (AUS)

Driving: Mr Barry Capstick (IRL)

Reining: Ms Jeannette Krähenbühl (SUI)

Vaulting: Ms Megan Benjamin (USA)

Endurance : Ms Mercedes Tapia (ARG)

Para-Equestrian: Mr Lee Pearson (GBR)

Chair: Mr Lee Pearson (GBR)

16. APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY BUREAU

(Term: 2007-2011)

DRESSAGE

Ms Dolores Fernández de Bobadilla (ESP)

Ms Monica Theodorescu (GER), as Riders' Representative

JUMPING

Mr John Madden (USA)

EVENTING

Ms Anne-Mette Binder (DEN)

DRIVING

Ms Diana L. Brownlie (GBR)

Mr Michael Freund (GER)

ENDURANCE

Mr Jean-Louis Leclerc (FRA)

REINING

Ms Anat Kirshner (ISR)



16.7.

16.8.

16.9.

16.10.

17.1.

VAULTING

Committee Chair: Ms Emma Seely (USA)

Committee Member: Mr Jochen Schilffarth (GER)

PONY RIDERS

Ms Clare Whitaker (GBR)

CHILDREN

Committee Chair: Dr Yolanda Matallana (COL)

Committee Member: Ms Arwa Mutabagani (KSA)

VETERINARY

Dr Gerit Matthesen (GER)

Dr Hallvard Sommerseth (NOR)

Dr Kent Allen (USA)

17. LEGAL MATTERS

ACCEPTANCE OF LEGAL & JUDICIAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2006

The General Counsel and FEI Tribunal Chair gave a report in the form of a slide presentation, see Annex III which provided an update on case statistics, trends and appeals as well as an assessment of the current legal environment. Generally the trend in time taken to process cases was decreasing, the number of appeals from Judicial Committee decisions to the CAS was stable or slightly increasing, and there was considerable uncertainty in the legal environment at the CAS level as well as at the level of relevant Swiss and European appellate bodies. As a result it was foreseen that the current litigious environment could be expected to continue.

In addition, Ken Lalo, Chair of the FEI Tribunal, asked for the assistance of the NFs to help the riders to present their doping cases better before the FEI Tribunal. He stated that it was important to understand that in any doping case involving athletes or horses there was a strict liability system. Strict liability meant that the FEI had to evidence only one thing, i.e. that the prohibited substance was in the horse’s system during the event. This was done by the laboratory report, with or without the B-sample analysis and once they proved that and the chain of custody of the urine or blood sample, then the burden of proof shifted to the rider. The rider was required to take certain actions and this did not happen in many doping cases, and as judges, the FEI Tribunal sometimes felt by intuition that some of the people involved in the cases could have presented their case better, and that maybe they were not so guilty. Therefore the sanction could have been reduced, but the FEI could not act based on intuition. The FEI Tribunal had to act in fairness



18.1.

to all and to those cases in which evidence was presented, the FEI had to act on an equal basis.

Ken Lalo asked the NFs to help the FEI as follows:

1) To ensure that the rider was informed about the case and to take an active role.

2) To ensure that the rider knew his rights. For example, the FEI Legal Department had produced various leaflets indicating every step of the process or NFs and riders could call the FEI Legal Department with any questions.

3) To inform the riders that they were required to submit explanations if they wanted to reduce the sanction. The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided in numerous cases that “explanations”, such as “I have not done anything” or “I did not give anything to the horse” were not considered as explanations. Explanations had to be substantiated and the rider had to actively search for the cause of the substance being in the horse’s system. And if he was able to do so, he was quite often able to prove that he did not have intent, that there was no significant fault or gross negligence, and then the sanction could be reduced substantially.

18. STRATEGIC MATTERS

GENERAL

Mr Simon Brooks-Ward, Strategic Advisor reviewed the yearly activities of the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC).

In June 2006, the SPC Working Group met to sign off the modernisation process to the professionals who finalised the FEI Statutes and Internal Regulations.

During the course of the year, the Committee's input had been integrated in work strands such as the FEI Development Strategy and Commercial and Communications strategies. In addition, work had been done in developing concepts for engaging Youth.

The key aspect which united horse sport which was actually eight, sometimes fragmented, disciplines was lifestyle surrounding the horse and the rider. This included: films, books, fashion, tack, 4x4 cars, etc. Lifestyle was an unexploited resource. One manner in which the FEI was beginning to tackle it commercially was through the FEI video game.

Another very important strategy being worked on by the FEI was Integrity of the Sport. The FEI had chosen address to issue positively and analyse the core of anti-corruption, in other words concentrating on upholding the integrity of the sport rather than focusing on corruption.

To address the issue the FEI President had met in July with Lord Condon, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London, who had



undertaken a full review of the ICC (International Cricket Council) and set up an effective structure to fight corruption.

To ensure that the FEI as an organisation was clean, Lord Condon proposed the following four key strands: education of athletes, investigation, deterrence and disciplinary actions.

The FEI SG would meet with Lord Condon in June to start the process of an independent assessment on the FEI and all of its environment.

Some of the real threats to today's and tomorrow's sport were: conflicts of interest, anti-doping, maltreatment of horses, cash incentives, pay cards and betting (in favour and against riders/horses).

The final strategic work strand being worked on was Sustainable Enviornment: The Strategic Advisor warned that this would be hitting the FEI very shortly. The FEI needed to be ahead of the game.

In the Chair's view there were three goods reasons why the FEI should tackle the environmental issue:

a) Moral obligation- A stance to be adopted in favour of our descendents.

b) Sport on a whole was becoming increasingly enviromentally regulated. This had become a popular topic on social and political agendas. As a result regulations would soon come into effect as to the way horse sport did business. The IOC had already produced the "IOC Guide on Sport Environments and Sustainable Development" asking the IFs to appoint a Commission to work on the issue and recommending the establishment of an Environmental Officer.

c) Commercial aspects: If the FEI could prove that it had its environmental act together, it would become more attractive to international bodies.

In the Strategic Advisor's view, the FEI would need take the following steps:

- The FEI HQ to incorporate environmentally friendly working practices

- Incorporate new IT system to make sure meetings and travel were minimised through IT.

- Analyse NF environmental practices already in place

- Review of our products.

- Check Athletes and events.to see what envioronmental policies, if any, exist.

The Strategic Advisor underlined the necessity for a robost environmental policy in order to sell to its stakeholders, permitting the FEI to become the leader of its peers. The FEI would also need to incorporate an Enviromental Officer. Guidelines would need to be produced for the NFs. The FEI would also need to create an FEI Event & Athletes enviornmental policy and establish a responsible culture.



18.2.

The Advisor concluded that the FEI should be a leader in sustainabilitiy. It should integrate with the IOC and the international Community both political and sporting level and demonstrate to the world at large that horse sport had all the right credentials.

IT STRATEGY

The Deputy Secretary General informed the Delegates that the USB key distributed to them contained the FEI IT strategy (for full report please visit the FEI website) and gave a demonstration on some of the possible functionalities of the proposed new web portal.

In March 2007, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Platinion were asked to define a new IT Strategy for the FEI. The document which the delegates received included the results of a four-week project which was conducted during March and April 2007. The findings were summarised as follows:

The analysis performed confirmed that currently, the FEI suffered from insufficient IT support in several ways.

- Processes required a lot of manual work, continuous IT support was missing. Data needed to be transferred manually from paper, letter, email etc. into different applications (and vice-versa), which time consuming and error prone.

- There were no automatic and continuous reporting available - management information usually was gathered manually from different sources.

- As a result, the IS dept. was mainly busy with editing and transforming data in several independent applications. There were no resources left for further IT support (e.g. application development).

To address the current deficiencies over time, a new web portal application should be developed as the core of the new IT strategy. The portal would contain (but not limited to) the following main functions:

- Support for all core processes of the FEI and its stakeholders (entry and results process, horse passports, etc.). This functionality would include web user interfaces as well web services to integrate with other systems.

- Collaboration support to allow the FEI and its stakeholders to efficiently work together even in the existing distributed environment.

- A content management system that would allow to integrate the current web site with additional functionality (such as video conferencing and streaming, podcasts, NF specific web pages, other media).

- Several other applications that allow for commercialisation (web shop, contract management).

- A powerful reporting tool which would provide management information in a timely and accurate way.



18.3.

18.4.

19.1.

The new web portal would be based entirely on Microsoft technology (complemented by some special applications, e.g for reporting). MS Internet Information Server and MS Share-Point Portal Server would allow for easy integration with the existing MS Office applications while offering powerful and easy customisation. Hard- and Software costs were relatively low compared to other solutions, and development resources were easy to find.

Development operations and maintenance of the new system should be outsourced to a capable IT service provider. The FEI would need to adapt its IT organisation to align with the new IT strategy: There would be a need for application managers (to control development and future enhancements on the web portal) as well as an adequate first level support.

Following this approach, and in close cooperation between the FEI and its stakeholders, the new web portal and the IT strategy could be implemented within a period of 18 months. Provided the necessary steps were taken quickly, a first release could be made available by the end of 2007. It was believed that the project would be finalised by the General Assembly in 2008.

The estimated cost for implementing the IT strategy and the new web portal was CHF 3.1 million.

The FEI received approval from the NFs to use the funds raised by the FEI President: "Friends of the FEI" for the investment of the IT structure.

VOTING SYSTEM – DEMO

The voting system demonstration was included in the web portal demonstration.

VIDEO CONFERENCING - DEMO

One IT means for enhancing communication and interaction with National Federations and other organisations was video conferencing. During the GA, delegates benefited from a live video conferencing demonstration in which the following persons addressed a few words to the Assembly.

Governor Ernie Fletcher and Tandy Patrick, Chair, Kentucky Horse Park and World Games Foundation, Kentucky (USA)

Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKG)

Terry Miller, Chief Legal Counsel, LOCOG and David Holmes, Chief Executive, British Dressage, London (GBR)

Ms Catherine de Coulon, FEI Manager Information Systems at the HQ in Lausanne (SUI)

Mrs Huda Buhumaid, Dubai Investment Group, Dubai (UAE)

19. COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL (SPONSORSHIP/BRANDING/TELEVISION)

Refer to Annex IV



20.1.

20.2.

20. SPORT DEVELOPMENT

REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The FEI has decided to create a sustainable programme for all those NFs that need help in developing the sport, especially in the developing countries.

Within the FEI Statutes (Objectives 1.8) the FEI commits itself to its responsibility in development: "To promote equestrianism in all its forms and to encourage the development of the FEI Equestrian disciplines throughout the world."

Four visions of the FEI Development Programme were outlined: "Sport System", "Competition", "Participation" and "Image".

The basic philosophy of the FEI Development Programme is provision of help for self-help. Consequently the mission statement of the FEi in development has been drafted as follows: "The FEI Development Programme assists NFs in achieving sustainable growth and self-sufficiency so that all Members play a full and active part in the FEI and Horsesport".

It was suggested to base the cooperation between interested NFs and FEI on a mutual agreement ("Memorandum of Understanding") so that rights and responsibilities for both sides are clearly defined.

In the framework of the development programme the limited financial, human and material resources lead to a specific set of support programmes, called the "building blocks" (Education Support, IT Support, Political Support, Competition Support, Advice & Service, Transport & Quarantine, Financial Assistance, Structure Building). The implementation and evaluation of the building blocks should be based on a National Development Plan which has to be produced by the respective NF.

A more detailed description of the FEI Development Programme will be produced and distributed to the NFs for feedback. After an overall agreement, a corresponding roll-out strategy can be drafted and the overall programme will be launched.

Within a corresponding Development Workshop during the General Assembly six working groups have discussed the various elements of the Development Programme. Their feedback has been compiled and will be considered in the further planning steps.

2006 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT

The FEI Secretary General invited the Bureau to refer to the FEI 2006 Annual Report in which the complete 2006 Development Activity Report was published.



21.1.

21.2.

22.1.

21. OLYMPIC GAMES

2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES – UPDATE – APPROVAL OF 2008 FEI

OLYMPIC RULES

The Secretary General referred to the presentation and Olympic session held the day before.

- Approval of the 2008 FEI Olympic Regulations.

The SG referred to the Annex to the General Assembly documents, and explained that this document was the base and some minor modifications had been made to the IOC document. The General Assembly approved the 2008 Olympic Regulations. In addition the SG added that a Paralympic section would be added when finalized.

2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES - UPDATE

The President referred to the organisation of the London 2012 Olympic Games and explained that all worked very closely with LOGOG and the BEF. Further to complaints from the general public, an independent working group had been set up to make a feasibility study of the choice of the venue for Equestrian. The study concluded that Greenwich is not only the right location but a wonderful location for the London Games.

22. FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES

ALLTECH FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2010

M Jack Kelly, CEO and Mr John Nicholson, from the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games TM 2010 Organising Committee reported on the progress of the Games.

The General Assembly was informed that no other Olympic World Championship would be organised in the USA through 2010.

The OC shared the following interesting figures:

- It was estimated that 600,000-700,000 spectators would attend the Games.

- The Human Resources department would need to go through 9,000 volunteer applications.

- The expected budget for the Games amounted to USD 54,482,500.

- USD 140 million in capital improvement would be made to the venue, which included a 5* Hotel (public & private partnership), a USD 24 million stadium an indoor arena with barns attached to the rear.

For the full report please visit the Alltech FEI World Equestrian™ 2010 website: www.feigames2010.org.



22.2.

23.1.

23.1.1.

23.2.

23.3.

23.4.

23.4.1.

FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2014

The FEI Secretary General informed the General Assembly that the HQ had received interest from NFs to host FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014. The FEI was currently working on the Games' Organising Procedures.

23. JUMPING

ACCEPTANCE OF CHAIR'S REPORT 2006

Refer to Annex V.

Proposals for Approval

Refer to Annex VI for proposals accepted by the General Assembly relating to structure of events, CSI-5* additional requirements for Europe, CSI-5* invitation system, additional technical specifications for European CSI events and CSIO events, alterations to the CSI-3* and 4* invitation system, alterations to the FEI World Ranking rules, delegation to various Committees to establish technical rules relating to the introduction of the above regulations and finally the time frame for introducing the above regulations.

The FEI Jumping Committee Chairman informed the General Assembly that within reason FEI Headquaters would be prepared to consider, on a case by case basis, requests for a certain degree of flexibility to the above rules.

CORRECTIONS/MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES

The General Assembly accepted the alterations to the rules as published in bulletins 5/06 and 1/07, as well as criteria for series as outlined in the above annex.

CSI-5* INVITATION SYSTEM

Refer to Annex VII

The General Assembly approved rules governing the invitation of riders to CSI-5* events which become effective from 1 May 2007, with the clarification that participation conditioned on financial contributions in excess of approved entry fees was unacceptable at every level.

The rule changes described in 23.1 - 23.3 above were approved with no votes against and four (4) absentions.

FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING

Acceptance of Chair's Report 2006

Refer to Annex VIII

The Chair's written report was accepted by the General Assembly.



23.4.2.

23.5.

23.5.1.

23.5.2.

24.1.

24.2.

24.3.

24.3.1.

24.3.2.

Corrections/Modifications to Rules

The General Assembly accepted the alterations to the FEI World Cup™ rules as published in bulletin 2-3/06 and 5/06.

SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE WITH FEI & FEI NATIONS CUP


Refer to Annex IX

The Chair's written report was accepted by the General Assembly.


The General Assembly accepted the alterations to the Samsung Super League with FEI rules and the FEI Nations Cup rules as published in bulletin 5/06.

24. DRESSAGE


Refer to Annex X. The Chair briefly reported on some of the the items on the agenda from the two meetings held during 2006 such as; changed formula for the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final as from 2008, new categories of Dressage events, introduction of new category for Young Riders at Grand Prix level and a Codex for Dressage Judges. The General Assembly accepted the Chair's report without comments.


The Genral Assembly accepted the corrections and modifications to the Rules for Dressage as published in BUL 5/2006 and www.horsesport.org as from 1 January 2007.

FEI WORLD CUP™ DRESSAGE


Refer to Annex XI The General Assembly accepted the Chair's report without comments.


Refer to Annex XII. The General Assembly acceted the corrections and modification for Rules for FEI World Cup™ Dressage for Young Riders 2007 without comments. The General Assembly further accepted the corrections and modifications for FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2007/2008 as published in BUL 2/2006 and www.horsesport.org without comments.



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25. EVENTING


The Chairman of the Eventing Committee referred to his report and highlighted the following points:

- The Eventing competitions in Aachen had been a tremendous success and the progress in the standard of riding specifically in Dressage and Jumping had been a real result in the discipline;

- The development program in Eventing was greatly successful, the results in Asia, South America and in Eastern Europe were very positive and it was important for the future that these programs were continued for the discipline;

- Eventing safety program, the record of incidents at every international event allow the discipline to progress and to update the rules The objective was to avoid somersault falls;

- A Safety Sub Committee had been formalised;

- Approval for the report was given.

The recent updates and clarifications to the rules following the safety program were:

- Improving the procedures for stopping of riders on cross country course (article 519.3, dangerous riding). Any system way very difficult in relation to the responsibly however the system had to be improved;

- Modification Qualification implemented for Regional and multi championship (article 506.7.3 required qualifying results (QRs) for Championships) low level events;

- Improvement of the conflict of interest policy for the discipline;

- New shorter dressage 4* test for the Olympic Games 2008 taking into account the climate conditions.

The General Assembly approved the Chairman’s report.


Reference was made to the rules published in Bulleting 5/06 and the above announcement of safety rules as follows:



1. Improving Safety Procedures

1.1. Stopping rider on course – Dangerous Riding

Procedures to stop a rider on the Cross Country to be improved and the following additional paragraph on Dangerous Riding is added.

Art. 519.3 Dangerous Riding - Add new paragraph:

“The President of the Ground Jury may designate an Official (i.e. TD, Chief Steward) prior to the event to stop a rider on course for dangerous riding.”

Organising Committee will be reminded that a red flag must be provided at each fence. This reminder is to be included in FEI Eventing Memorandum, Bulletin and Web-site.

1.2 Control Communication

The Committee considers that control communication must be in one common language preferably in English however at all Championships/Games level in order to avoid languages’ misunderstanding amplified by situation of stress. A clarification will be added to the FEI Eventing Memorandum.

1.3 Presence of Course Designer for Cross Country test

The compulsory presence of the Course Designer for the Cross Country test was clarified and emphasized, the reason being the responsibility of each official at the event.

Art. 550 Appointment of Officials - add new paragraph 9:

“9. Course Designer:

The Course Designer must be present during the Event’s Cross Country test he is responsible for. If for any serious reason, the appointed Course Designer cannot be present, a qualified CD of at least “Candidate” status, familiar with the course can be appointed to replace him/her.”

1.4 Qualifications’ requirements at Regional Multi Sport Games of CIC level

FEI qualifications’ requirements to be introduced for lower level competitions at Multi Sport Games. Currently qualification for CIC 1* is up to NF certification.

Art. 506 Qualification of Competitors & Horses – add to table:

“7.3. Championship/Games CIC 1*

To be duly qualified to participate at CIC 1* Championships or Games, within 2 years the competitors must achieve at least 2 qualification results (1 must be CIC within 12 months prior to the competition).”



1.5 Measuring top spreads of Cross Country fences

A diagram be added (in Annex 3) as reference to Art 531.6.1 Measurement, providing a clarification & explanation on measurements for top spreads of Cross Country fences to avoid any misinterpretation.

1.6 Jumping Test - Safety Cups

Art 537.4 Course – Obstacles, type of obstacles – reword 4th sentence:

“FEI approved safety cups are recommended, if used they should only be of 20mm.”

2. Other Rules Clarifications for implementation in 2007

2.1 Black Flag Alternative Diagram

A new diagram be added to the rules in Annex 3 to clarify black flag alternative fences combination.

2.2 - Spurs

Dressage Test - The Eventing Committee considered to allow spurs plastic shanks and metal knob for the Dressage test.

Art 521.3 Dress, Spurs – add following sentence:

“Metal or plastic spurs with round hard plastic or metal knobs are allowed.”

Jumping test - Rowels’ Spurs: Jumping test - Rowels’ Spurs: Lineup with the Rules for Jumping: rowels’ spurs in Jumping test be allowed.

Art. 521.7.3 Dress, Jumping Test – 2nd sentence: to reword:

“Spurs are optional; if used they must be in accordance with the Rules for Jumping.”

2.3 Appointment of Judges

Position of Judges on Ground Jury for lower events clarified as follows:


“10. Appointment of Judges

The FEI Judge (“I” or “C”) must be appointed as President of the Ground Jury if there is a national Judge as second Judge.

If there is an “I” Judge appointed for an event, he should be recommended as President over the “C” Judge.”



3. 2009 revision of Rules for Eventing – Directives enforced 2007

The Committee presents the following changes to the 2009 Revision of the Rules for Eventing to the Bureau in November 2006 for the following principles to serve as guidelines immediately until officially approved. The version presented in November 2006 has been updated with various input of all concerned and the Eventing Committee is proposing the following updates (see highlight):

3.1 Conflict of interest – Eventing Officials

New Article in Rules for Eventing: The Committee has concluded that levels of conflict for Categories of Officials need to be established as the sport was too small to rule out all conflict of Interest. A Conflict of Interest policy was proposed for Eventing Officials. This policy was acknowledged by the Bureau in November 2006 and published in the Bulletin 5/2006 as guideline as of 1 January 2007 until officially approved in 2009.

After discussion by many involved it was agreed to propose to add a specific category to separate the Championships and the 3 star events as follows (see highlight): see H. Thomas reword add as comparison for committee approval

3.1 Conflict of interest – Eventing Officials

It has been agreed that the following updated version will serve as directive as from 1st May 2007 until the next Eventing Rules Revision

“All levels of Eventing Championships: For all categories of FEI Officials (Judge/ TD/Course Designers/Veterinarians) no conflict of interest is allowed– e.g. close relative to a competitor or owner, trainer or coach to a horse or competitor. Course walks open to all competitors are encouraged, but those restricted to own pupils are not allowed.

3*/4* Level events: For FEI Judges and TDs, conflict of interest is not allowed; family, trainer, coaching, owner relation. For Course Designers, the following conflict of interest is not acceptable family, trainer, owner relation.

Course walks for own competitors are not allowed (however open course walks are encouraged) for all FEI Officials.

1*/2* level events: As of arrival on the competition grounds, Officials cannot have any conflict of interest as per above. Special consideration may be given, providing the conflict is declared in advance to the FEI Secretary General who may allow it in his discretion.

Coaching or training must be avoided after arriving at the competition grounds, unless in special circumstances permission has been given by the FEI Secretary General.



For all FEI Officials Course walks for own competitors are not allowed (however open course walks are encouraged).

Note: Coaching includes the walking of courses, the warming up of competitors for dressage or jumping on the flat.”

3.2 Restriction on number of categories per event per TD

The version presented in November 2006 has been updated with various input of all concerned and the Eventing Committee is proposing the following updates (see highlight):


“9. Number of TDs per event

One TD can officiate at maximum 2 categories per event. If one or two additional categories are included, 1 additional TD must be appointed. Should 5 categories be organized at the same event, 2 additional TDs must be appointed. The status of additional TDs must be in accordance with the level of categories organized.”

4. 2008 Olympic games – EVENTING 4*Dressage Test (short version)

The Eventing Committee has finalized a new 4 Star Dressage Test B (2007) for the 2008 Olympic Games taking into account the weather conditions of Hong Kong (hot and humid). This test is a short version (4½ minutes) of the current 4 Star Dressage Test B (2005). This new test was approved by the Bureau, after approval of the Dressage Committee for immediate implementation and announced to the General Assembly.

5. FEI Eventing World Rider Rankings Rules

Referring to Rules for ranking published in FEI Bulletin and FEI Web-site:

Following the difficulties in including correct points for the Asian Games and other low level Championships run on a CIC level, the Eventing Committee has proposed to include CIC Championships and Games (Young Horses 7 years & 6 years old CHs (Le Lion d’Angers), Asian Games and Balkan CHs) as per existing principles.



CHs 4* CHs 3* CHs 2* CHs 1* CCI/O 1* CIC 1*

CCI 4* CCI/O 3* CCI/O 2* CIC 2*

World Cup - CIC 3* Final

CH CIC2* CH–CIC1*

CIC 3*

1 161 111 71 41 21 11

2 155 106 67 38 19 9

3 150 102 64 36 18 8

4 145 98 61 34 17 7

5 140 94 58 32 16 6

6 135 90 55 30 15 5

7 130 86 52 28 14 4

8 125 82 49 26 13 3

9 120 78 46 24 12 2

10 115 74 43 22 11 1

And so on down in increments of: 5 4 3 2 1 1

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26.1.

FEI WORLD CUP™ EVENTING


The Chairman referred to the update of the rules for the FEI World Cup Eventing that had been published in Bulleting 5/06 as well as his report.

The report and rules update were accepted by the General Assembly.

26. DRIVING


The FEI Chairman for Driving, Mr. Richard Nicoll, presented his report to the General Assembly for 2006.

He confirmed that outdoor Driving continued to be popular across both Four-in-Hand, Pair and Single competitions.

He advised the Assembly that the 2006/7 Indoor competitions had been very successful as had been the Championships in 2006, especially Aachen. Refer to Annex XIII



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The Chairman requested the approval of the General Assembly to a number of rule changes. Refer to Annex XIV.

The General Assembly unanimously approved the rule changes.

FEI WORLD CUP™ DRIVING


The rules for the 2006/2007 World Cup were presented for approval which was unanimously given. Refer to Annex XV.

27. ENDURANCE


The FEI Chairman for Endurance presented his report to the General Assembly and confirmed that after nine years as Chairman this was his last Assembly.

He thanked everyone for their support and friendship during that time and especially wished to thank his fellow Bureau Members for their friendship too. Refer Annex XVI.


The Chairman requested the approval by the General Assembly for the rule changes as shown in Annex XVII.

The General Assembly unanimously approved the rule change.

28. VAULTING


The Chairman presented his report to the General Assembly for 2006.

Refer to Annex XVIII.


The proposed rule changes were approved by the Assembly.

Refer to Annex XIX.

29. PONY RIDERS


The Chairman was unable to attend. For Report refer to Annex XX.



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Refer to Annex XXI.

30. CHILDREN


The Chairman presented her report to the General Assembly for 2006.

Refer to Annex XXII.



Refer to Annex XXII

31. REINING


Refer to Annex XXIV. The General Assembly accepted the Chairman’s written report without comments.


The General Assembly approved the amendments and corrections of the Rules for Reining, to be effective as from 1 January 2007.

32. PARA-EQUESTRIAN


The FEI Chairman for Para-Equestrian presented her report for 2006 and expressed her thanks to the many National Federations that had given their support to Para-Equestrian during the year. Refer to Annex XXV.


The Chairman requested the approval to a number of modifications to the rules for PE Dressage and the FEI Classification Manual. This annex refers to the document published on our website under Para-Equestrian/Rules/Rules for Para-Equestrian Dressage events, 1st edition, 2006 (updated to include amendments approved by the GA April 2007) and the Classification Manual.

The General Assembly unanimously approved the modifications.

33. VETERINARY MATTERS




The Chairman of the Veterinary Committee wished to speak on major FEI events, the Welfare Sub-Committee, Medication Issues and Veterinary Research.

Firstly he indicated that the Committee was in the process of obtaining closer links to the other Technical Committees

Hypersensitisation: The communication with the Jumping Committees on this issue was intense. Leg checks by thermography and clinical examination had been performed at the WEG and would be carried out in Las Vegas. The objective was that the level of sensitivity was a clinical judgment (VRs art 1024), irrespective of whether subsequent swabbing could find proof of malicious manipulation of the limb.

Star Rating Endurance: The Committee was awaiting further progress with the rating of Endurance Vets. If successful in this discipline, perhaps the protocol could be applicable to other disciplines as well. It would greatly help the appointment process for event veterinarians in the future

Major Events: The 2006 Asian Games had seen a number of problems: Issues on importation and quarantine, Medication Control problems, etc. It was proposed to send MCP Testing Vets to major events, even if outside Groups I & II. This would however, require a budget. As far as importation, this remained a complicated issue where a standardized approach would help. The HOVD indicated that, together with Racing, a standardized protocol for competition horses and a model health certificate had been developed; however, not many countries were very motivated to leave their own certification, which often was based on permanent import of horses.

The 2006 WEG had been very successful with excellent veterinary cover. The fact that in spite of this one Endurance horses suffered from massive tying up and had to be euthanized later illustrated the vulnerability in this discipline.

Welfare sub-Committee: Hyperflexion: The cooperation between Veterinary and Dressage Committee on this issue was effective. Relevant rules and education was now being addressed by the Dressage Committee, hopefully resulting in improved stewarding during warm-ups.

Competition Intensity: Drs Atock and De Backer had been working in this issue. It was most helpful that supplemental data were now available through the FEI database; further work on this issue was required.

Emerging Diseases: The Chairman briefly referred to the EIA outbreaks in IRL, GER and ITA in 2006 and underlined the importance of insect-spread diseases, which seem to be moving North as a result of a changing climate. The recent addition of new EU member state (ROM) had also played a role in the EIA problems. This also related to standardized health certification as mentioned under major events.



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MEDICATION CONTROL REPORT

Update on FEI Medication Control Programme

The Chairman gave figures on the 2006 testing activities. Within the MCP, a 40% increase in testing coverage had been effectuated. This was parallel to the recommendations of the Task Force, accepted by the 2006 GA. The budget had increased accordingly. The positive test results indicated as always that issues of the locomotion system are by far the main reason for treatment of FEI horses. The Chairman wished to put attention to the issue of borrowed or shared horses (Para-equestrian, Endurance, and Vaulting) and the legal headaches that could arise following a positive test result. Riders should be made aware of that risk and consideration of storing samples at the point of borrowing were issues that came to the surface here. For Endurance, testing issues remained a complicated issue. Collection of urine from dehydrated horses, the two-hour treatment rule, the Best Condition competition and concern about the use of medication by inhalers were listed as outstanding issues. The two committees were collaborating on these matters.

As far as education, it was time that the medication leaflet would be translated now in a number of different languages. The department would take this issue in hand. The remuneration of MCP Testing Vets had been looked at the uniforms for testing officials (for an improved visibility) were discussed.

APPROVAL LIST OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES (EPL)

The Chairman received approval to submit the current list of Prohibited Substances (EPL) to the General Assembly for annual approval. In comparison with the previous year, the substance of caffeine and its metabolites had been deleted and put on a monitoring list.


Veterinary Regulations

Rules had further been simplified and gave little cause for questions at this point. The different relevant sections on the FEI website would be further streamlined to send out the message.

VETERINARY RESEARCH - UPDATE

Hypersensitisation: The protocol for the World Cup final in Las Vegas would be further fine-tuned

Endurance: The test ride March 07 (Dubai), which was used as a research ride as well (thanks to support by the FEI President), had resulted in data that would also be used for the test ride MAS at the end of 2007.

Training assessment: This AUS project was still in the pipeline. Small initial funding had been offered by the FEI.



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Footing: An important project proposal from a collaborative research group had been submitted to the Vet Committee as well as to the ILPH. Both groups felt that this project could be very helpful in the current discussion on footing in Jumping. The chairman asked the FEI to support this study; the HOVD would further detail budgetary aspects prior to submitting the proposal to the Executive Board.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES - UPDATE

Equine Influenza

Rules had further been simplified and gave little cause for questions at this point. The different relevant sections on the FEI website would be further streamlined to send out the message.

FEI POSITION ON CLONING

Cloning: At the request of two NFs, a discussion on cloning had been done by the WsC. As far as welfare issue, there seemed not to be any at the moment linked to the cloning research; however, the issue of competition eligibility of cloned horses was a matter that the FEI should discuss. A draft statement had been prepared for the General Assembly.

34. WELFARE OF THE HORSE

REPORT FROM ILPH REPRESENTATIVE

Mr. Christopher Hall gave a brief presentation on the work of the International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH). This organization had its roots in improving the conditions for transport of slaughter horses, where much work was still required. The ILPH was in full support of the use of the horse in sports, in horseracing as well as FEI disciplines. The FEI-ILPH collaboration had been longstanding, which was always good for the work with horses. The ILPH was pleased that the FEI now had its Welfare sub-Committee, in which the ILPH was structurally represented. Items of high priority were: Improved education of horse owners and trainers, shelter of horses that need help, the FEI Code of Conduct, programs to assist in setting up horse charities.

35. MEDICAL MATTERS – COMPETITORS


The Chair's report was accepted. Refer to Annex XXVI.

36. PUBLIC & MEDIA RELATIONS

REPORT ON PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM MAY 2006 – FEBRUARY 2007

The Report on Public Relations covering the period from May 2006 to February 2007 was approved, see Annex XXVII.



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37. ITEMS RAISED BY NF'S

(Statutes 22nd Edition Art.013.1)

CHAMPIONSHIPS COST PROPOSAL – GBR NF

The GBR NF asked the FEI to review the current championship arrangements and a) come up with a proposal which would encourage more NFs to bid for Championships and b) ensure the FEI and OCs/NFs deliver championsips are equal commercial partners.

The HQ would take the request into consideration and forward a recommendation for the 2008 General Assembly.

38. CALENDAR

LONG TERM CALENDAR – PROPOSAL

Refer to Annex XXVIII for the procedure approved by the General Assembly for establishing the FEI long term calendar.

39. FEI CHAMPIONSHIPS

CHAMPIONSHIPS – OFFICIALS

The General Assembly were referred to the Bulletins which included information regarding the appointment of Officials at the FEI Champisonships.

INFORMATION ON ALLOCATION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS

The SG referred to Annex XXIX and informed the NFs that the Bureau during its meeting on 12 April, had allocated the FEI European Endurance Young Riders Championship to Oviedo (ESP). This Championship would take place in September 2008.

As far as the FEI European Eventing Young Riders Championship in 2008 was concerned, the allocation was postponed to November 2007 by the Bureau.

The SG further informed the General Assembly that the following championships for 2009 would be allocated during the Bureau Meeting in November 2007: a) Pan American Seniors Endurance Championship, b) FEI European Eventing Championship, c) FEI World Pairs Driving Championship.

Note from the Headquarters: The Bureau during its second Meeting in Estoril (POR) on 16 April 2007 allocated the FEI European Eventing Championship 2009 to Fountainbleau (FRA).



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40. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

2008 - DATES CHANGE

The General Assembly was informed that in 2008 the General Assembly would take place in November - the exact dates would be forwarded as soon as possible.

2008 - INVITATION

The Assembly was informed that the FEI Bureau had allocated the organisation of the 2008 General Assembly to Buenos Aires (ARG).

2009

NFs were invited to send in applications to host the 2009 General Assembly.

41. MISCELLANEOUS

FEI CHALLENGE JUMPING FINAL

The Chair of Group IV was pleased to announce that the USA would be hosting the 2008 FEI Challenge Jumping Final in Devon, PA.

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